Anamoose, ND
Anamoose, ND's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Anamoose at the 28th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 283 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Anamoose's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 26th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Anamoose's buildings (70% of 283) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
Anamoose against the rest of the country
Inside North Dakota, Anamoose sits at just the 11th percentile even though it scores 28th nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Anamoose ranks 22,693 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,099 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Dakota alone, it ranks 358 of 402 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Dakota on its state page.
Anamoose and the insurance market
Anamoose's moderate wildfire rating (28th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Anamoose
Even with 70% of Anamoose outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where Anamoose's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Anamoose's 22,693-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Anamoose's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.